Man pleads guilty to charges in Las Vegas ricin case

Mon, Aug 4, 2008 (6:25 p.m.)

AFP is reporting that a man hospitalized in Las Vegas earlier this year after being poisoned by ricin pleaded guilty today to possessing the deadly toxin, justice officials said.

Roger Von Bergendorff, 57, of Utah, admitted felony charges of possessing ricin and two unregistered firearm silencers in February this year, federal prosecutor Greg Brower said in a statement, AFP reported.

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